India vs Afghanistan Live Score, 1st T20I: Shivam Dube stars as India beat Afghanistan by using 6 wickets, take 1-0 lead

 India vs Afghanistan Live Score, 1st T20I: Shivam Dube stars as India beat Afghanistan by using 6 wickets, take 1-0 lead

 

IND Vs AFG 1st T20 Live Score: Afghanistan settled for 158/5 towards India in the first T20 International in Mohali on Thursday.

 

Mohammad Nabi was once the top-scorer for the visitors, scoring a brisk forty two off 27 balls to prop up the innings.

Asked to bat first, Afghanistan skipper Ibrahim Zadran (25 off 22 balls) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (23 off 28) delivered 50 runs in eight overs, but they may want to now not pressure the tempo all through their stay.

Azmatullah Omarzai chipped in with a 22-ball 29.

Left-arm spinner Axar Patel was the most profitable bowler for India, with figures of 2/23, while Mukesh Kumar bagged 2/33.

 

Brief scores:

Afghanistan: 158/5 in 20 overs (Mohammad Nabi 42; Axar Patel 2/23, Mukesh Kumar 2/33).

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (capt), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.